DMF2002
The Corredor Gallery, College of Fine Arts,
University of the Philippines, Diliman
October 1-5, 2002 http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/
Manila, Philippines - We're getting ready for DMF2002!
Digital Media Festival, now on its third year, celebrates through "pag-uugnay",
connecting, the fields of archaeology, anthropology and new media art.
The highlights of DMF2002 are the new media installations that will be
constructed by students in the digital art elective and workshop courses
through collaboration with the Archaeological Studies Program and Filipino
visual artists known for their interdisciplinary work in the fields of
archaeology and anthropology of art and religion.
DMF artistic consultants are visual artists Noell El Farol and Roberto B.
Feleo.
DMF has invited Farol to interact with the students investigating the
relationship between archaeology and artistic practice through an overview of
his works and an open discussion on the study of archaeology through
cooperation with the Archaeological Studies Program. Farol will direct a
centerpiece installation that explores "archaeological recordings" based on his
research and work in "Hukay" (digging or pit).
Students in the digital media workshop "Writing as Visual Form" will be
directed by Feleo to construct a peripheral installation, complementing the
centerpiece with Farol. Through discussions of several of his sculptural and
installation works and their socio-historical commentary, Feleo clarifies
relationships between anthropology of art, religion and artistic practice.
Through Feleo's guidance, students explore writing systems as cognitive
artifacts and their projections into contemporary culture.
The new media installation works serve to transform the Corredor Gallery space
and adjacent areas into cognate ritual spaces for connecting, the DMF theme
"pag-uugnay", the past with the future.
This year's theme, "Iugnay" (to connect), is in cadence with the vision to
connect with fields traditionally seen as outside the arts, where young
Filipino artists are seen as creative partners of the technological forces that
will push the country towards progress. DMF looks at art as research and
development, anticipating a shift from a culture of political nationalism to
creative research, as young creative minds are acknowledged important forces in
the larger nationwide technological development plan that can transform the way
people think about the arts. Technological development is not only about
machines - it's also about creativity, an enlarged understanding of cultures,
and communicating.
There are also plans to partner DMF with the annual Fine Arts Week, thus
DMF2003 will be celebrated in February next year. In anticipation of this, the
digital media artists' talks, workshops and video screenings will be held in
February 2003. DMF invites artists to submit proposals for workshops, forums
and exhibitions/performances.
The digital and print documentation of DMF2002 and the past two festivals will
also be presented in February 2003, including the migration of the
archaeology-new media installation experience into the portable interactive
digital format.
DMF2002 receives assistance from the Office of the Chancellor, University of
the Philippines in Diliman. Live streaming video coverage and technical support
is provided by the University of the Philippines, Computer Center. DMF is
curated by Fatima Lasay, assistant professor of digital media at the Studio
Arts Department of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines.
Other DMF activities include "Mudras: Actions as Symbol," digital art works of
students for Tabor 'Violens' On-Line Festival in cooperation with
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork by Agricola de Cologne (Germany); "Sacrificial
Spaces," digital art works of students for Fundamental Patterns, Peripheral
Basics On-Line Project in cooperation with the Javamuseum.org by Agricola de
Cologne (Germany); "Muling Pagkabuhay" / Resurrection, digital art exhibition
and mail art project in cooperation with various mail artists; "The Hidden
War", banner art and interactive media works by students in cooperation with
Brandon Barr's Banner Art Collective (USA) and Kanonmedia.com (Austria).
DMF2002 opens October 1, 2002 and runs until October 5, 2002 at the Corredor
Gallery of the UP College of Fine Arts. The Corredor Gallery, as representative
of the oldest school of fine arts in the Philippines, is a major art venue in
the country.
Contact:
DMF 2002/03 <[email protected]>
Fatima Lasay <[email protected]>
Website http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/
Address:
Fatima Lasay, Bartlett Hall, College of Fine Arts
E. Jacinto Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman,
Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Links:
University of the Philippines http://www.up.edu.ph/
University of the Philippines, Diliman http://www.upd.edu.ph/
Archaeological Studies Program http://www.upd.edu.ph/~asp/
UP College of Fine Arts http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cfa/
Leonardo Electronic Almanac http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/
FineArt forum http://www.fineartforum.org/
KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights
http://www.karapatan.org/
Violens Festival http://www.newmediafest.org/violence/
Fundamental Patterns, Peripheral Basics http://www.javamuseum.org/
Banner Art Collective http://www.bannerart.org/
Kanonmedia http://www.kanonmedia.com/
Museo do Essencial e do Alem Disso http://www.arteonline.arq.br/
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/
Digiteer http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/digiteer/
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DMF2002
The Corredor Gallery, College of Fine Arts,
University of the Philippines, Diliman
October 1-5, 2002 http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/
Manila, Philippines - We're getting ready for DMF2002!
Digital Media Festival, now on its third year, celebrates through "pag-uugnay",
connecting, the fields of archaeology, anthropology and new media art.
The highlights of DMF2002 are the new media installations that will be
constructed by students in the digital art elective and workshop courses
through collaboration with the Archaeological Studies Program and Filipino
visual artists known for their interdisciplinary work in the fields of
archaeology and anthropology of art and religion.
DMF artistic consultants are visual artists Noell El Farol and Roberto B.
Feleo.
DMF has invited Farol to interact with the students investigating the
relationship between archaeology and artistic practice through an overview of
his works and an open discussion on the study of archaeology through
cooperation with the Archaeological Studies Program. Farol will direct a
centerpiece installation that explores "archaeological recordings" based on his
research and work in "Hukay" (digging or pit).
Students in the digital media workshop "Writing as Visual Form" will be
directed by Feleo to construct a peripheral installation, complementing the
centerpiece with Farol. Through discussions of several of his sculptural and
installation works and their socio-historical commentary, Feleo clarifies
relationships between anthropology of art, religion and artistic practice.
Through Feleo's guidance, students explore writing systems as cognitive
artifacts and their projections into contemporary culture.
The new media installation works serve to transform the Corredor Gallery space
and adjacent areas into cognate ritual spaces for connecting, the DMF theme
"pag-uugnay", the past with the future.
This year's theme, "Iugnay" (to connect), is in cadence with the vision to
connect with fields traditionally seen as outside the arts, where young
Filipino artists are seen as creative partners of the technological forces that
will push the country towards progress. DMF looks at art as research and
development, anticipating a shift from a culture of political nationalism to
creative research, as young creative minds are acknowledged important forces in
the larger nationwide technological development plan that can transform the way
people think about the arts. Technological development is not only about
machines - it's also about creativity, an enlarged understanding of cultures,
and communicating.
There are also plans to partner DMF with the annual Fine Arts Week, thus
DMF2003 will be celebrated in February next year. In anticipation of this, the
digital media artists' talks, workshops and video screenings will be held in
February 2003. DMF invites artists to submit proposals for workshops, forums
and exhibitions/performances.
The digital and print documentation of DMF2002 and the past two festivals will
also be presented in February 2003, including the migration of the
archaeology-new media installation experience into the portable interactive
digital format.
DMF2002 receives assistance from the Office of the Chancellor, University of
the Philippines in Diliman. Live streaming video coverage and technical support
is provided by the University of the Philippines, Computer Center. DMF is
curated by Fatima Lasay, assistant professor of digital media at the Studio
Arts Department of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines.
Other DMF activities include "Mudras: Actions as Symbol," digital art works of
students for Tabor 'Violens' On-Line Festival in cooperation with
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork by Agricola de Cologne (Germany); "Sacrificial
Spaces," digital art works of students for Fundamental Patterns, Peripheral
Basics On-Line Project in cooperation with the Javamuseum.org by Agricola de
Cologne (Germany); "Muling Pagkabuhay" / Resurrection, digital art exhibition
and mail art project in cooperation with various mail artists; "The Hidden
War", banner art and interactive media works by students in cooperation with
Brandon Barr's Banner Art Collective (USA) and Kanonmedia.com (Austria).
DMF2002 opens October 1, 2002 and runs until October 5, 2002 at the Corredor
Gallery of the UP College of Fine Arts. The Corredor Gallery, as representative
of the oldest school of fine arts in the Philippines, is a major art venue in
the country.
Contact:
DMF 2002/03 <[email protected]>
Fatima Lasay <[email protected]>
Website http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/
Address:
Fatima Lasay, Bartlett Hall, College of Fine Arts
E. Jacinto Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman,
Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Links:
University of the Philippines http://www.up.edu.ph/
University of the Philippines, Diliman http://www.upd.edu.ph/
Archaeological Studies Program http://www.upd.edu.ph/~asp/
UP College of Fine Arts http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cfa/
Leonardo Electronic Almanac http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/
FineArt forum http://www.fineartforum.org/
KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights
http://www.karapatan.org/
Violens Festival http://www.newmediafest.org/violence/
Fundamental Patterns, Peripheral Basics http://www.javamuseum.org/
Banner Art Collective http://www.bannerart.org/
Kanonmedia http://www.kanonmedia.com/
Museo do Essencial e do Alem Disso http://www.arteonline.arq.br/
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/
Digiteer http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/digiteer/